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Volkova, Yelena V., Sergey A. Bashkatov, and Lyudmila V. Chernyshova. "Review of responsibility studies in Russian and foreign psychology of the 21st century." Vestnik Kostroma State University. Series: Pedagogy. Psychology. Sociokinetics, no. 4 (2019): 53–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.34216/2073-1426-2019-25-4-53-59.
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The article presents the results of an analysis of studies of the responsibility category, performed in the 21st century by Russian andforeign psychologists. To search for Russian works, we used the databases of the Electronic Library of the Russian State Library and the Russian Scientific Electronic Library eLIBRARY.ru To identify the works of foreign authors, we analysed 2910 journals from the Web of Science database (Social and Behavioural Sciences – Journal List). It was established that in Russian psychology, responsibility is understood as a form of self-regulation, realised in the consciousness of oneself as a subject of behaviour and its consequences. Russian researchers in the 21st century conduct clarifying studies of the formation and evolution of responsibility, studying the features of this mental phenomenon in representatives of various social groups and professions, and exploring the relationship between responsibility and success. In modern foreign psychology of the 21st century, responsibility has still been viewed from the angle of solving the practical problems of social psychology. We have revealed that most of the studies are clarifying in nature and are devoted to the characteristics of collective responsibility, morality and guilt. It seems important that both Russian and foreign researchers widely use the attributive approach.
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Lombardo, Giuseppina, Barbara Caci, and Maurizio Cardaci. "Factorial Structure of Web Credibility in a Population of Italian Internet Users: A Pilot Study." Psychological Reports 104, no. 2 (April 2009): 660–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.104.2.660-666.
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Recent studies by Fogg and his colleagues have defined a new psychological construct called Web credibility. It describes the principal dimensions which lead people to believe (or not) online information. In this framework, the factorial structure of Web credibility was explored in a sample of 152 Italian students of psychology who were Internet users, using a questionnaire. A consistent four-factorial structure emphasized crucial aspects of Web credibility, namely, Inaccuracy, Efficiency, Social Validation, and Commercial Features. Such results seem in line with Fogg's theoretical model; however, further research is required to identify dimensions of this construct.
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Liu, Kunyan, Yunfei Duan, and Yilin Wang. "The effectiveness of a web-based positive psychology intervention in enhancing college students' mental well-being." Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal 49, no. 8 (August 4, 2021): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.2224/sbp.10459.
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During the global pandemic, lockdown policies aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19 have been affecting all demographics. Although they may be continuing their studies online, university students may suffer severe mental consequences because of loneliness and social isolation. To help students improve their psychological well-being, we examined the effectiveness of a web-based positive psychology intervention (PPI) with 886 students who either took part in PPI sessions or received health reminders. Results show that the PPI sessions (vs. regular health reminders) significantly improved positive mood and mitigated negative emotions among the students. The positive effect of the intervention also remained consistent at both 3and 6-month follow-ups. These findings indicate that PPI should be embraced at universities to boost college students' psychological state.
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Mehrollahia, Tahereh, Mariani Md Nora, Mahmoud Danaeeb, and Brian Trenamanc. "HOW SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION POSITIVELY AFFECT SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY INTERVENTION? A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS ON THE SCIENCE OF WELL-BEING." Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews 7, no. 5 (September 28, 2019): 327–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.18510/hssr.2019.7538.
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Purpose: The recent decades were witnessed such a rapid rise in wellbeing researches on the field of psychology. Social psychology intervention (SPI) has a strong impact on individual mental health and remarkable achievement in education domain. In this context, subject development within the last years could be illustrated through a bibliometric approach. This research aimed to analyze the scientific productivity while considering global trends of psychological intervention.
Methodology: Web of Science Core Collection databases were selected in the period from 1990 to mid-2018. By thoroughly scrutinizing the objects which came to this attention, the trend of documents, publication date, geographic contribution to the field, relevant authorship and most cited articles, as well as frequent keywords from more than thousand references, were investigated.
Main Findings: The results clearly indicate that the United States of America dedicates itself with the highest level of attention in the area of social psychology intervention. Whereas, lower attention was focused on the research criteria in Asian continent, except China. Although the majority of the studies on SPI approach is from USA, but performed analysis highlight the vast research potential to validate without any specific considerations to certain region settings or cultures.
Implications/Applications: Despite advantages of SPI, the majority of the existed researches has been carried out predominantly in United States. Whereas, from defining the unit of analysis, the hypothesis might worthily be studied by practitioners to generalize the issue over various frameworks.
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Akcayir, Murat, Fiona Nicoll, and David G. Baxter. "Patterns of Disciplinary Involvement and Academic Collaboration in Gambling Research: A Co-Citation Analysis." Critical Gambling Studies 2, no. 1 (May 19, 2021): 21–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.29173/cgs48.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the current academic research foci in peer-reviewed studies on gambling. The researchers used co-citation analysis as a bibliometrics method. All the gambling-related publications indexed in Scopus and Web of Science were identified, and their citation patterns were analyzed. Our dataset includes a total of 2418 peer-reviewed gambling studies published over the five-year period from 2014–2018. The VOSviewer tool was used to visualize bibliometric networks and reveal key clusters among the studies. The findings indicate that gambling researchers mostly cited authors from the disciplines of neuroscience, psychology, health science, and psychiatry. Only 2% of the cited authors were from other disciplines, such as those in the social sciences and humanities. The most frequently cited sources also reveal the same pattern: that gambling researchers mostly cited articles published in neuroscience, psychology, and health science journals. The publications reviewed deal mainly with the pathological and treatment aspects of gambling. We also discovered some unique patterns of citation and collaboration, focusing on topics such as videogames, social network games, family, business, and tourism.
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Mazilov, V. A., and Iu N. Slepko. "Psychological Research in Modern Russia: Experience of Scientometric Analysis (Based on the Materials of the Siberian Journal of Psychology)." Sibirskiy Psikhologicheskiy Zhurnal, no. 77 (2020): 10–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.17223/17267080/77/1.
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The article represents the experience of scientometric analysis based on the materials of a Russian journal. The «Siberian Journal of Psychology» was chosen as the object of analysis. The magazine enjoys authority in the psychological community, it is included in the list of State Commission for Academic Degrees and Titles, is referenced in the databases Web of Science and Scopus. The thesaurus method, which is quite widespread in scientometric research in psychology, was used in the work. The whole body of articles published in the journal (1995-2019), including 1237 articles, is analyzed. The article presents the results of statistical analysis: distribution of articles posted in different sections of journals; articles on personalities, psychology as a science (directions, sections, approaches, etc.), various diseases (mental, physical, psychophysiological, etc.), the study of various social groups (normative, professional), the study of age groups (preschool, primary school, adolescent and other age), various concepts and problems. The analysis of publication dynamics in seven most popular sections reflects a living history of changes in the interest and editions of the journal, and researchers themselves to study the problems of clinical psychology, general psychology and personality psychology, social psychology, educational psychology, developmental psycholo-gy, etc. Despite the great variability of the problem field publications, we highlighted the leading sections in the journal, the most significant areas for the journal, approaches and sections of psychological science; social and age groups to which article authors are most interested; concepts, problems, phenomena of psychology, which are the subject of the largest number of articles. The authors of the article believe that over the 25-year history of the «Siberian Journal of Psychology» has acquired not only its own unique face among many other psychological publications, but also has become strongly associated, on the one hand, with a discussion of a very specific field of urgent problems for psychological science. On the other hand, the presence of the leading problems and issues discussed on the pages of the journal is unique and consistent with the high degree of variability of studies presented in the journal. All this allowed the editorial staff of the journal to enter the «Siberian Journal of Psychology» firmly into the recent history of Russian and world psychological science in a relatively short period of its history.
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Sökmen, Yavuz. "An Overview of Social Studies Articles in Turkey: Bibliometric Mapping Analysis." Acta Educationis Generalis 11, no. 2 (August 1, 2021): 99–111. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/atd-2021-0015.
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Abstract Introduction: This research applies a bibliometric analysis to articles that have been published in Turkey in the field of social studies. “Social studies” is a discipline that aims to develop a human model with certain features applicable both for researchers’ own countries and globally. In this context, individuals’ social, work, and domestic lives are considered fundamental. Thus, discovering the characteristics of studies on social studies could be useful to interested scholars or policy-makers for determining trends in the field. Methods: In this context, 168 articles from the Web of Science database were analyzed in bibliometric terms. Here, the keywords “social studies teaching,” or “social studies,” or “social studies education” were used when searching the Web of Science database, and Turkey was selected as the study location. Results: Results of the bibliometric analysis showed that the most productive universities in Turkey are Anadolu, Marmara, and Gazi Universities, and the most frequently used keywords on the topic are “social studies,” “social studies education,” and “citizenship education.” Moreover, the most-used words in the manuscripts’ abstracts are “level,” “Turkey,” “participant,” and “impact.” The most-cited authors (judged using co-citation analyses) are Yıldırım, Öztürk, and Creswell, and the most-cited journals (judged using co-citation analyses) are The Social Studies, Journal of Educational Psychology, and Eğitim ve Bilim. Discussion: When the articles in the field of social studies were analyzed by years, it was seen that the first one is published in 2007 and citations have occurred since 2009. It can be understood from the research results that words such as academic success, motivation and social justice keywords also have been recently used. It is understood that most of the journals are not specific to social studies and are general educational journals. Limitations: The only articles examined within the scope of the study were those found in the Web of Science database. This can be considered a limitation of this research. Conclusion: Considering that the most-cited authors, according to the results of the study, are included in the bibliographies of the studies related to this field, examining their works may be a useful guide for interested scholars. The majority of the journals included in the study were general education journals. It was also noted that the majority of the most-cited journals were based in Turkey.
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Lado Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer. "Proculturation: Self-reconstruction by making “fusion cocktails” of alien and familiar meanings." Culture & Psychology 25, no. 2 (March 1, 2019): 161–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1354067x19829020.
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This paper considers mental processes unfolding during humans’ movement in a foreign environment and aims to overcome theoretical discrepancies concerning culture and acculturation between sociocultural anthropology and cross-cultural psychology under the frame of cultural psychology. I propose to perceive culture as a multi-self-centered semiotic field, which is populated by signs and meanings, necessarily emphasizing its heterogeneity and incoherence. Cultures have hazy boundaries and are embedded into the wider web of meanings. In fact, there is one big global culture and all humans are involved in mediating it through intersubjective interactions. Further, the term proculturation is used to fill the gaps left by mainstream acculturation research, which has been mainly oriented on measuring ontologized trait-like characteristics in terms of bidimensional mechanic relationship between cultures and related correlations. Namely, proculturation specifically reflects real-life human experiences and the role of (inter)subjectivity in the process of adaptation in emigration or elsewhere in any unfamiliar environment. Most importantly proculturation implies triadic semiotic relations and the possibility of the creation of novel fusions of meanings, by mixing various ingredients in the process of mediation between familiar and unfamiliar ideas and experiences. Proculturation is catalytically conditioned by references to temporal dimensions and essentially is ever-continuing process.
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Tengku Mohd, Tengku Amatullah Madeehah, Raudah Mohd Yunus, Farizah Hairi, Noran N. Hairi, and Wan Yuen Choo. "Social support and depression among community dwelling older adults in Asia: a systematic review." BMJ Open 9, no. 7 (July 2019): e026667. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026667.
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ObjectivesThis review aims to: (1) explore the social support measures in studies examining the association between social support and depression among community-dwelling older adults in Asia and (2) the evidence of association.DesignA systematic review was conducted using electronic databases of CINAHL, PubMed, PsychINFO, Psychology and Behavioural Sciences Collection, SocINDEX and Web of Science for articles published until the 11th of January 2018.Eligibility criteriaAll observational studies investigating the association between social support and depression among community-dwelling older adults in Asia were included.ParticipantsOlder adults aged 60 years and more who are living in the community.Exposure measuresSocial support.Outcome measuresDepression.ResultsWe retrieved16 356 records and screened 66 full-text articles. Twenty-four observational studies were included in the review. They consisted of five cohort studies and 19 cross-sectional studies. Social support was found to be measured by multiple components, most commonly through a combination of structural and functional constructs. Perceived social support is more commonly measured compared with received social support. Good overall social support, having a spouse or partner, living with family, having a large social network, having more contact with family and friends, having emotional and instrumental support, good support from family and satisfaction with social support are associated with less depressive symptoms among community-dwelling older adults in Asia.ConclusionsThere were 20 different social support measures and we applied a framework to allow for better comparability. Our findings emphasised the association between good social support and decrease depression among older adults. Compared with western populations, family support has a greater influence on depression among community-dwelling older adults in Asia. This indicates that the family institution needs to be incorporated into designed programmes and interventions when addressing depression in the Asian context.Trialregistration numberCRD42017074897.
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Wang, Xinzhi, Hui Zhang, and Zheng Xu. "Public Sentiments Analysis Based on Fuzzy Logic for Text." International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering 26, no. 09n10 (November 2016): 1341–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0218194016400076.
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Sentiment analysis from microblog platform has received an increasing interest from web mining community in recent years. Current sentiment analysis methods are mainly based on the hypothesis that each word expresses only one sentiment. However, human sentiment are prototyped and fuzzy-confined as declared in social psychology, which is conflicting with the hypothesis. This is one of the barriers that impede the computation of complex public sentiment of web events in microblog. Therefore, how to find a reasonable computational model, combining learning technology and human sentiment cognition theory, is a novel idea in event sentiment analysis of microblog. In this paper, a new sentiment computation approach, which is defined as public sentiments discriminator (PSD), considering both fuzzy logic and sentiment complexity, is proposed. Unlike traditional machine learning methods, PSD is based on the rational hypothesis that sentiments are correlated with each other. A three-level computing structure, sentiment-term level, microblog level and public sentiment level, is employed. Experiments show that the proposed approach, PSD, can achieve similar accuracy and [Formula: see text]1-measure but more cognitive results when compared with traditional well-known machine learning methods. These experimental studies have confirmed that PSD can generate an interpretable result with no restriction among sentiments.
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Kousha, Kayvan, and Mike Thelwall. "An Automatic Method to Identify Citations to Journals in News Stories: A Case Study of UK Newspapers Citing Web of Science Journals." Journal of Data and Information Science 4, no. 3 (August 30, 2019): 73–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/jdis-2019-0016.
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Abstract Purpose Communicating scientific results to the public is essential to inspire future researchers and ensure that discoveries are exploited. News stories about research are a key communication pathway for this and have been manually monitored to assess the extent of press coverage of scholarship. Design/methodology/Approach To make larger scale studies practical, this paper introduces an automatic method to extract citations from newspaper stories to large sets of academic journals. Curated ProQuest queries were used to search for citations to 9,639 Science and 3,412 Social Science Web of Science (WoS) journals from eight UK daily newspapers during 2006–2015. False matches were automatically filtered out by a new program, with 94% of the remaining stories meaningfully citing research. Findings Most Science (95%) and Social Science (94%) journals were never cited by these newspapers. Half of the cited Science journals covered medical or health-related topics, whereas 43% of the Social Sciences journals were related to psychiatry or psychology. From the citing news stories, 60% described research extensively and 53% used multiple sources, but few commented on research quality. Research Limitations The method has only been tested in English and from the ProQuest Newspapers database. Practical implications Others can use the new method to systematically harvest press coverage of research. Originality/value An automatic method was introduced and tested to extract citations from newspaper stories to large sets of academic journals.
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Benaine, Shawn L. "Performance gaming: a systematic review of the literature in public administration and other disciplines with directions for future research." International Journal of Public Sector Management 33, no. 5 (April 29, 2020): 497–517. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijpsm-07-2019-0191.
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PurposeThrough comparative analysis with other social science disciplines, gaps are identified in the performance gaming literature of public administration as it compares to other social science disciplines in order to understand directions for future research in this space.Design/methodology/approachThis study involves a systematic review of the performance gaming literature, focusing on important drivers of performance gaming. Using Google Scholar, Web of Science, and ProQuest Central, the systematic review covers years ranging from 1990 through 2019 and revealed empirical studies that were deemed relevant based on whether an article was (1) an empirical study and (2) performance gaming or cheating behavior was the outcome variable. Out of the 81 articles surmised from the search, 51 were regarded as relevant by meeting these criteria.FindingsThe main finding is that public administration has primarily focused on drivers that are embedded in the performance system. The other social sciences (psychology and economics, in particular) focus mainly on individual factors, mostly cognitive in nature. Public administration has also looked at organizational drivers, though this is a burgeoning area. Scholars in public administration may benefit from the other social sciences by determining how individual drivers work within the context of public organizations and how these shape organizational behavior.Originality/valuePer my knowledge, the paper is the first to systematically compare the performance gaming literature of public administration to other social science disciplines. The paper provides a direction for this burgeoning area of research.
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Piqueras, Jose A., Mariola Garcia-Olcina, Maria Rivera-Riquelme, Tiscar Rodriguez-Jimenez, Agustin E. Martinez-Gonzalez, and Pim Cuijpers. "DetectaWeb Project: study protocol of a web-based detection of mental health of children and adolescents." BMJ Open 7, no. 10 (October 2017): e017218. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017218.
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IntroductionTraditionally, research and practice addressing mental health has been conducted within a unidimensional model, explaining mental health as the presence/absence of psychological problems (distress or psychopathological symptoms). More recently, accumulative evidence has supported a bi-dimensional model, which conceptualises psychological problems and psychological strengths (well-being) as related-yet-distinct continua that, when considered together, yields a more comprehensive understanding of individuals. The DetectaWeb Project is a web-based early detection assessment of the mental health continuum (MHC) for children and adolescents and aims to: develop a web-based platform for screening of the MHC, including both psychological problems (anxiety, depression and suicidality) and personal strengths (emotional, cognitive/psychological and social aspects); examine the prevalence of the MHC among children and adolescents; and analyse key determinants (risk and protective factors) of the MHC.Methods and analysisWe will conduct an ongoing, multicentre observational, cross-sectional study of Spanish children and adolescents. Participants will be assessed through a web-based platform. In order to validate the web-based screening system, a clinical reappraisal will be completed among a subsample of respondents. To elucidate youth’s levels of subjective distress and well-being, we will include measures of anxiety, depression, suicidality, well-being, externalising problems and socio-demographic variables.Ethics and disseminationEthical approval has been obtained at all sites. All participants will sign a free and informed consent form before the assessment. Results of the study will be communicated during national and international meetings in the field of clinical and health psychology with children and adolescents. Publications will be sought in journals usually read by psychologists or psychiatrists involved in the development of epidemiological studies and interventions for mental health promotion based on resilience building for children and adolescents.
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Pijpker, Roald, Lenneke Vaandrager, Esther J. Veen, and Maria A. Koelen. "Combined Interventions to Reduce Burnout Complaints and Promote Return to Work: A Systematic Review of Effectiveness and Mediators of Change." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 1 (December 19, 2019): 55. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17010055.
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Burnout has adverse effects on the health and work-related outcomes of employees. Nevertheless, little is known about effective ways of reducing burnout complaints and facilitating full return to work, which defines rehabilitation. This study consists of a systematic review of the effects of combined interventions (i.e., both person-directed and organization-directed). It also includes the identification and description of mediators of change, thereby explaining how combined interventions do or do not work. Seven electronic databases were searched for English peer-reviewed publications: the Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection; PsycARTICLES; Web of Science; Scopus; SocINDEX; PubMed; and PsycINFO, using various combinations of search terms (e.g., burnout AND intervention). Out of 4110 abstracts published before 29 September, 2019, 10 studies (reporting the effects of nine combined interventions) fulfilled the inclusion criteria, which were defined using PICOS criteria (participants, interventions, comparators, outcomes and study design). Although the risk of bias of the included studies is high, all combined interventions were effective in facilitating rehabilitation. Results suggest that involving employees in decision-making and enhance their job control and social support, while eliminating stressors, explain the effectiveness of the intentions. With caution, workplace health promotion practitioners are encouraged to use these findings to tackle burnout among employees.
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Zuhriyah, Luluk Fikri. "Metode dan Pendekatan dalam Studi Islam: Pembacaan atas Pemikiran Charles J. Adams." ISLAMICA: Jurnal Studi Keislaman 2, no. 1 (January 22, 2014): 27. http://dx.doi.org/10.15642/islamica.2007.2.1.27-45.
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<p>Islam has been an interesting object of study for both Muslims and non-Muslims over a long period of time. A number of methods and approaches have also been introduced. In due time, Islam is now no longer understood solely as a doctrine or a set of belief system. Nor is it interpreted merely as an historical process. Islam is a social system comprising of a complex web of human experience. Islam does not only consist of formal codes that individuals should look at and obey. It also contains some cultural, political and economic values. Islam is a civilization. Given the complex nature of Islam it is no longer possible to deal with it from a single point of view. An inter-disciplinary perspective is required.</p><p>In the West, social and humanities sciences have long been introduced in the study of religion; studies that put a stronger emphasis on what we currently know as the history of religion, psychology of religion, sociology of religion and so on. This kind of approach in turn, is also applied in the Western studies of the Eastern religions and communities.</p><p>Islam as a religion is also dealt with in this way in the West. It is treated as part of the oriental culture to the extent that—as Muhammad Abdul Raouf has correctly argued—Islamic studies became identical to the oriental studies. By all means, the West preceded the Muslims in studying Islam from modern perspectives; perspective that puts more emphasis on social, cultural, behavioral, political and economic aspects. Among the Western scholars that approach Islam from this angle is Charles Joseph Adams whose thought this research is interested to explore.</p>
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Ortega-Gijón, Yoselyn Nohemí, and Carmen Mezura-Godoy. "ViSA-EEG: A user-centered application for visualization and statistical analysis of EEG signals." Avances en Interacción Humano-Computadora, no. 1 (November 30, 2020): 20. http://dx.doi.org/10.47756/aihc.y5i1.63.
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The most common applications for human EEG research are: Neuromarketing, Human factors, Social interaction, Psychology and Neuroscience, Clinical and Psychiatric Studies and Brain Computer Interfaces (BCI). In the BCI research, the existence of software for the analysis of EEG signals is observed, however its functionality is limited to showing the signals and certain predefined characteristics, almost focused on the medical area, allowing a visual analysis by an expert, in addition to the fact that this software is developed depending on the signals to be analyzed and on the BCI itself. Therefore, for the development of BCIs, it is necessary for the developer to have software that allows him to visualize and analyze the EGG signals, in addition to being able to test and compare the interaction of users through the BCI, as well as his brain activity during the interaction and being able to observe the causes. In this context, we propose ViSA-EEG web application that allows BCI developers to visualize and analyze the EEG signals. This application was developed under a user-centered approach, involving the user in each of the four development phases and using different UX tools and techniques.
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CADDICK, NICK, HELEN CULLEN, AMANDA CLARKE, MATT FOSSEY, MICHAEL HILL, GILL MCGILL, JANE GREAVES, TERI TAYLOR, CATHERINE MEADS, and MATTHEW D. KIERNAN. "Ageing, limb-loss and military veterans: a systematic review of the literature." Ageing and Society 39, no. 8 (March 4, 2018): 1582–610. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0144686x18000119.
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ABSTRACTThe impact of losing a limb in military service extends well beyond initial recovery and rehabilitation, with long-term consequences and challenges requiring health-care commitments across the lifecourse. This paper presents a systematic review of the current state of knowledge regarding the long-term impact of ageing and limb-loss in military veterans. Key databases were systematically searched including: ASSIA, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, Medline, Web of Science, PsycArticles/PsychInfo, ProQuest Psychology and ProQuest Sociology Journals, and SPORTSDiscus. Empirical studies which focused on the long-term impact of limb-loss and/or health-care requirements in veterans were included. The search process revealed 30 papers relevant for inclusion. These papers focused broadly on four themes: (a) long-term health outcomes, prosthetics use and quality of life; (b) long-term psycho-social adaptation and coping with limb-loss; (c) disability and identity; and (d) estimating the long-term costs of care and prosthetic provision. Findings present a compelling case for ensuring the long-term care needs and costs of rehabilitation for older limbless veterans are met. A dearth of information on the lived experience of limb-loss and the needs of veterans’ families calls for further research to address these important issues.
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Puertas Molero, Pilar, José Luis Ubago Jiménez, Rubén Moreno Arrebola, Rosario Padial Ruz, Asunción Martínez Martínez, and Gabriel González Valero. "La inteligencia emocional en la formación y desempeño docente: una revisión sistemática//Emotional intelligence in training and teaching labor performance: a systematic review." REOP - Revista Española de Orientación y Psicopedagogía 29, no. 2 (December 10, 2018): 128. http://dx.doi.org/10.5944/reop.vol.29.num.2.2018.23157.
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RESUMEN Introducción. La Inteligencia Emocional es un factor que influye positivamente en el bienestar mental y social de las personas, asimismo dentro del ámbito educativo posee un papel fundamental en el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje. Las competencias de los profesionales de la educación, el contacto social en el entorno educativo y la resolución de conflictos, son factores que manifiestan la necesidad de desarrollar la Inteligencia Emocional. La finalidad de este estudio reside en realizar una revisión sistemática que aborde la Inteligencia Emocional como factor en el desempeño de los docentes en las diferentes etapas educativas, para dar solución a esta preocupación del ámbito educativo. Metodología. La búsqueda de artículos científicos se realizó en la base de datos Web of Science (WOS), concretizando la búsqueda en las categorías de investigación “Education Educational Research”, “Social Sciences” y “Psychology”. Se obtuvo una población de 116 artículos publicados en el periodo 2007-2017, que tras aplicar los criterios de inclusión se destacaron 50 estudios para su análisis y tratamiento. Resultados. La producción científica que afronta el tratamiento de la Inteligencia Emocional de los docentes tiene un carácter ascendente y de tipo transversal, debido a que es una de las profesiones más afectadas por el estrés y la ansiedad. Discusión y conclusión. La Inteligencia Emocional, favorece el correcto desempeño laboral, aumentando la auto-realización y satisfacción con el trabajo desempeñado, consiguiendo disminuir los niveles problemáticos en la salud mental. Así, se hace necesario destacar la necesidad de realizar intervenciones que reporte beneficios en el proceso de enseñanza y aprendizaje.ABSTRACTIntroduction. Emotional Intelligence is a factor that positively influences the mental and social well-being of people, also within the educational field it has a fundamental role in the teaching-learning process. The competences of education professionals, social contact in the educational environment and the resolution of conflicts, are factors that manifest the need to develop Emotional Intelligence. The purpose of this study is to conduct a systematic review that addresses Emotional Intelligence as a factor in the performance of teachers in different stages of education, to solve this concern in the field of education. Methodology. The search for scientific articles was carried out in the Web of Science (WOS) database, specifying the search in the research categories "Education Educational Research", "Social Sciences" and "Psychology". A population of 116 articles published in the 2007-2017 period was obtained, which after applying the inclusion criteria, highlighted 50 studies for its analysis and treatment. Results. The scientific production that faces the treatment of Emotional Intelligence of teachers has an ascending and transversal character, because it is one of the professions most affected by stress and anxiety. Discussion and conclusion. The Emotional Intelligence favors the correct work performance, increasing the self-realization and satisfaction with the work performed, getting to reduce the problematic levels in the mental health. Thus, it is necessary to highlight the need to carry out interventions that provide benefits in the teaching and learning process.
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Zhang, Xi, Hongda Liu, and Pinbo Yao. "Research Jungle on Online Consumer Behaviour in the Context of Web 2.0: Traceability, Frontiers and Perspectives in the Post-Pandemic Era." Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research 16, no. 5 (June 3, 2021): 1740–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jtaer16050098.
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In recent years, the study of online consumption behavior has gradually formed its research system and analysis model based on the inheritance of traditional research paradigms, focusing on the inner mechanism of consumption models explained by consumption activities. Online consumption is based on the research scenario of social e-commerce and forms a broad research network through the extension of consumer objects, consumer psychology, and consumer concepts. Although the theoretical constructs of online consumer behavior continue to improve, the relevant studies still do not fully grasp the research frontiers due to the lagging research nature. In the context of Web 2.0, it is impossible to run through the latest developments in online consumption research. Moreover, the study of online consumer behavior has shown a trend of diversification and multiple schools of thought, and a research jungle has emerged, which in essence is the perfection and new height of the study of consumerism. This paper analyses the origins, frontiers, and prospects of online consumer behavior research to clarify the formation principles, development paths, and future directions of the online consumer behavior research jungle. Ultimately based on the economic changes in the post-pandemic context, this paper integrates and proposes an evolving mechanism for studying online consumption behavior, intending to achieve a peek into and reveal the jungle of online consumption research.
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Kamara, Joseph, Blessing Akombi, Kingsley Agho, and Andre Renzaho. "Resilience to Climate-Induced Disasters and Its Overall Relationship to Well-Being in Southern Africa: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 15, no. 11 (October 26, 2018): 2375. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15112375.
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The available literature suggests that natural disasters, especially droughts and floods, were occurring in southern Africa in the early 1900s. However, their frequency and intensity increased during the 1980s. The aim of this systematic review was to assess the relationship between resilience to droughts and people’s well-being in southern Africa. A combination of keywords was used to search the following 13 electronic bibliographic databases: Africa Journal Online (AJOL), MEDLINE, Academic Search Complete, Environment Complete, Humanities International Complete, Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection, PsycINFO, Embase, Scopus, Web of Science, Applied Social Science Index and Abstracts, ProQuest Central, and CINAHL. Relevant websites were also searched and potential studies for inclusion were downloaded in an EndNote database and screened for eligibility using pre-determined criteria. Quality assessment of the studies was undertaken using the Joana Briggs Qualitative Assessment and Review Instrument, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) checklist, and the Authority, Accuracy, Coverage, Objectivity, Date, Significance (AACODS) checklist. Resilience and well-being scales used in the studies for inclusion were also assessed using pre-defined criteria. Nineteen studies met the inclusion criteria. Poverty alleviation policies were important in strengthening resilience and well-being outcomes. Resilience and well-being were connected by old age, gender, race, adaptive farming and livelihoods diversification, security, and knowledgeability. Resilience and well-being outcomes were advanced by the synergistic effect of household, community and governance level capacities encapsulated in knowledgeability. This systematic review is critical to improving southern Africa context-specific resilience, and well-being policies and interventions.
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Brito, João, George P. Nassis, André T. Seabra, and Pedro Figueiredo. "Top 50 most-cited articles in medicine and science in football." BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine 4, no. 1 (October 2018): e000388. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2018-000388.
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ObjectivesTo conduct a comprehensive mapping analysis to the scientific literature published in football aiming to identify the areas of bigger interest and potential for further exploration.MethodsThe data were obtained by a search conducted on the Web of Science. Articles were listed based on citation frequency. We used an open-source bibliometrix R-package for the comprehensive bibliometric analyses.ResultsThe number of citations per article ranged from 251 to 869 (median 323; IQR 125). The yearly number of citations ranged from 8 to 54 (median 26; IQR 11). Most of the articles (76%) were of level III of evidence, 10% were level II and 14% were level IV. Within the top 50 most-cited articles, 40 articles were original research (37 observational and 3 experimental studies), 9 were review articles and 1 was a thesis. From the 40 original research articles, 50% involved elite players, 73% were exclusive to male players and 80% involved adult players only. The topic area with the highest number of articles was sports medicine (44%), followed by training and testing (32%), performance analysis (14%) and physiology (10%). No study within the top 50 was devoted to biomechanics, nutrition, sport psychology, coaching or social sciences.ConclusionsThe lack of experimental studies within the top 50 most-cited articles in football clearly underpins how far we still are from establishing the theoretical and methodological guidelines for the applied science and medicine in football.
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Hamouche, Salima. "COVID-19 and employees’ mental health: stressors, moderators and agenda for organizational actions." Emerald Open Research 2 (April 20, 2020): 15. http://dx.doi.org/10.35241/emeraldopenres.13550.1.
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Background: This paper examines the impact of coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak on employees’ mental health, specifically psychological distress and depression. It aims at identifying the main stressors during and post COVID-19, examining the main moderating factors which may mitigate or aggravate the impact of COVID-19 on employees’ mental health and finally to suggest recommendations from a human resource management perspective to mitigate COVID-19’s impact on employees’ mental health. Methods: This paper is a literature review. The search for articles was made in Google scholar, Web of Science and Semantic scholar. We used a combination of terms related to coronavirus OR COVID-19, workplace and mental health. Due to the paucity of studies on the COVID-19 impact on employees’ mental health, we had to draw on studies on recent epidemics. Results: The identified literature reports a negative impact of COVID-19 on individual’s mental health. Stressors include perception of safety, threat and risk of contagion, infobesity versus the unknown, quarantine and confinement, stigma and social exclusion as well as financial loss and job insecurity. Furthermore, three dimensions of moderating factors have been identified: organizational, institutional and individual factors. In addition, a list of recommendations has been presented to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on the employee’s mental health, during and after the outbreak, from a human resource management perspective. Conclusions: Coronavirus is new and is in a rapid progress while writing this paper. Most of current research are biomedical focusing on individuals’ physical health. In this context, mental health issues seem overlooked. This paper helps to broaden the scope of research on workplace mental health, by examining the impact of a complex new pandemic: COVID-19 on employees’ mental health, from social sciences perceptive, mobilizing psychology and human resource management.
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Lapp, Leann Kimberly, Catherine Agbokou, and Florian Ferreri. "PTSD in the elderly: the interaction between trauma and aging." International Psychogeriatrics 23, no. 6 (March 22, 2011): 858–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1041610211000366.
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ABSTRACTBackground: Because an increasingly large cohort of individuals is approaching their elderly years, there is concern about how the healthcare system will cope with the greater demands placed upon it. One area of concern is the impact of trauma and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the aged. Although several reviews have highlighted the lack of knowledge and research on the topic, there still remain gaps in the literature. Nevertheless, some recent behavioral, endocrinological and neuroimaging studies may provide new insights into the discussion. The central aims of this paper are to summarize the etiological, epidemiological and clinical aspects of PTSD, trauma, and the elderly, and to integrate this knowledge with (i) what is known about PTSD in adults, and (ii) the behavioral, hormonal and cerebral changes associated with healthy aging.Methods: A comprehensive search was performed with ISI Web of Science and PubMed for articles pertinent to the psychology and biology of PTSD, trauma, and the elderly.Results: There exist both significant similarities and differences between adults and elderly with PTSD concerning cognitive and biological profile. Evidence suggests that PTSD in the elderly does not follow a simple clinical trajectory.Conclusions: PTSD in the elderly must be considered within the context of normal aging. Strong claims about an interaction between PTSD and aging are difficult to make due to sample heterogeneity, but it is clear that PTSD in this age group presents unique aspects not seen in younger cohorts. Further research must integrate their studies with the biological, psychological, and social changes already associated with the aging process.
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Drobnic, Janez. "The key innovations in career guidance on labour market." Economics ecology socium 3, no. 2 (June 21, 2019): 12–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.31520/2616-7107/2019.3.2-2.
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Introduction. In a modern dynamic society, new vocations and fields of activity are constantly emerging. The goal of the modern vocational education, information and counselling is to enable the individual to develop a career in the whole life course, full of changes and events. Former approaches have proved inadequate; therefore, new ways are being sought. Therefore, it is necessary to design approaches in managing careers, including those with special needs, and which counselling approaches for a career are best suited to an increasingly dynamic labour market.
Aim and task. The basic research goal is to find all those innovations in theories and practices that appear in newer career guidance and career counselling approaches. For that purpose,, an longitudinal analysis of articles, studies, guidelines has been carried out that are accessible on web portals. Thus, the most important innovations that are often found in recent theories and practices are revealed.
Results. System theories and constructivism in career guidance represent an urgent response to changes in a dynamic society, but still include some parts of previous theories and practices. Meaning, the present essentially implies the accumulating and merging of previous approaches that deal with individuals in a way that individuals become agents who manage their own careers. The most important innovations are: learning as the individual's own project, narrative approach with storytelling, reconstruction of self-esteem, self-determination, nonlinear career, empathy in counselling, decision-making autonomy, no directed counselling. So new constructivist perspective continues to influence career theory and practice.
Conclusions. The study shows that it is impossible to talk about the best universal theories or approaches in the field of career guidance and career counselling, but about the most usable ones, in the given circumstances. The development of practices in career guidance and counselling is most influenced by psychology, and recently also by social-cognitive psychology, but the influence of other disciplines, such as sociology, ethics, economics and others, is increasing. Innovations that have been identified show the integration of diverse concepts; in particular, the contextual view that appears also in other social sciences. In emphasizing the active nature of individuals as self-building, self-renewing and self-organizing system within constructivist approach, it is viewed as important underpinning for the practice which is responding to ever changing times.
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Sudolska, Agata, Andrzej Lis, and Róża Błaś. "Cloud Computing Research Profiling: Mapping Scholarly Community and Identifying Thematic Boundaries of the Field." Social Sciences 8, no. 4 (April 4, 2019): 112. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/socsci8040112.
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The aim of the study was to map the scholarly community interested in research on cloud computing and to identify thematic boundaries of the field. The methodology of research profiling, representing bibliometric descriptive studies, was applied to achieve the aim of the study. Using research profiling for mapping the cloud computing field can be considered as an innovation. Although the research profiling methodology has been widely used across various subject areas, including Computer Science, Social Sciences, Engineering, Arts and Humanities, Business, Management and Accounting, and Psychology, thus far neither Scopus nor Web of Science indexed publications including the conjunction of phrases “cloud computing” and “research profiling” in their titles, keywords and abstracts. The previous important scientometric study of the research output in the field was published by Heilig and Voß in 2014. Taking into account a very dynamic growth of the field, all this indicates the research gap to be filled. The research sample is made of 14,158 publications indexed in Scopus database comprising the phrase “cloud computing” in their titles. The study was purposely limited to the title search to concentrate the attention of publications relating directly to the issue of cloud computing. Applying the quantitative approach provides an opportunity for broad scanning of subject-related literature. First, general publication profiling recognized the main contributors (countries, research intuitions, source titles and authors) to the scholarly community interested in cloud computing. Secondly, subject area profiling was applied to find how multidisciplinary is the research in the field and how the research output is distributed across subject areas. Finally, topic profiling unveiled leading topics of studies in the field and their distribution by authors, journal, subject areas and core references.
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Concari, Alessandro, Gerjo Kok, and Pim Martens. "A Systematic Literature Review of Concepts and Factors Related to Pro-Environmental Consumer Behaviour in Relation to Waste Management Through an Interdisciplinary Approach." Sustainability 12, no. 11 (May 30, 2020): 4452. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12114452.
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Although there has been a steady increase in the number of studies on consumer behaviour in relation to sustainable development, there is limited focus on the product disposal phase. This systematic literature review intends to: (1) clarify how concepts related to pro-environmental consumer behaviour are understood and analysed in the academic literature on waste management; (2) discover any interplay between pro-environmental consumer behaviour and generic consumer behaviour, and the conditions and factors that favour it. A typical systematic literature review methodology was applied to the papers available on Web of Science, Science Direct and EBSCO (Elton Bryson Stephens Company) host between 1975 and 2019, leading to the selection of 699 final papers. The findings reveal that: (1) Although scholars tend to create a variety of pro-environmental consumer behaviour models depending on their specific field of inquiry, all approaches can be traced back to a limited number of reference theories; (2) The overall level of interplay between pro-environmental consumer behaviour and generic consumer behaviour is limited, nevertheless a favourable context or a supportive institutional-legal framework can significantly influence it; (3) A plethora of conditions and factors favour this type of interplay, involving social psychology, laws, economics, institutions and more; (4) Several critical issues appear in the analysed papers, especially some scholars’ assumptions to be able to identify all key factors. It follows the need for a more interdisciplinary approach, a deeper analysis of the effectiveness of the intervention measures at the governmental and institutional level, and a clear classification of factors and conditions (as proposed by this review).
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Rincón Uribe, Fabio Alexis, Cristian Ariel Neira Espejo, and Janari da Silva Pedroso. "Role of optimism in adolescent mental health: a protocol for a systematic review." BMJ Open 10, no. 7 (July 2020): e036177. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-036177.
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IntroductionAdolescence is a critical period of human development, where adaptive or maladaptive experiences can happen. These experiences are associated with psychological, social, biological and health factors. Previous empirical evidence suggests that mental health is associated with individual assets and positive states, whose presence may become a factor of protection and resistance to mental disorders. Among these, optimism could play a fundamental role in sustaining physical and mental well-being and in dealing with threats potentially harmful to health. Given the rise of research on optimism and its importance in the various health outcomes, it is necessary to initiate processes of compilation and synthesis of this evidence to facilitate the understanding of the importance of this variable on the mental health of adolescents.Methods and analysisThe included studies will be experimental, observational, cross-sectional and longitudinal focussed on the role of optimism on mental health in adolescents, regardless of whether they belong to clinical or non-clinical populations. This systematic review protocol will be carried out following the Cochrane Manual for systematic reviews and will follow the statement on systematic reviews and meta-analysis of PRISMA-P (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Protocols). Searches will run from October 2019 to March 2020, and will be carried out from the following electronic databases: APA PsycNet, BVS (Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde), Web of Science, PubMed Central and Scopus. Two reviewers will obtain the eligible articles, published from January 2009 onward, to assess the quality of each study and extract the data. For the presentation of the results, a narrative and quantitative synthesis will be carried out that groups the data found.Ethics and disseminationThe approval of an ethics committee is not required for a systematic review protocol. The results will be presented at congresses in social sciences and psychology and will be published in a peer-reviewed social or health science journal.PROSPERO registration numberPROSPERO CRD42019142616.
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Vermeir, Julie F., Melanie J. White, Daniel Johnson, Geert Crombez, and Dimitri M. L. Van Ryckeghem. "The Effects of Gamification on Computerized Cognitive Training: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis." JMIR Serious Games 8, no. 3 (August 10, 2020): e18644. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/18644.
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Background There has been a growing interest in the application of gamification (ie, the use of game elements) to computerized cognitive training. The introduction of targeted gamification features to such tasks may increase motivation and engagement as well as improve intervention effects. However, it is possible that game elements can also have adverse effects on cognitive training (eg, be a distraction), which can outweigh their potential motivational benefits. So far, little is known about the effectiveness of such applications. Objective This study aims to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate the effect of gamification on process outcomes (eg, motivation) and on changes in the training domain (eg, cognition), as well as to explore the role of potential moderators. Methods We searched PsycINFO, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, ProQuest Psychology, Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, Science Direct, Excerpta Medica dataBASE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Xplore, Association for Computing Machinery, and a range of gray-area literature databases. The searches included papers published between 2008 and 2018. Meta-analyses were performed using a random-effects model. Results The systematic review identified 49 studies, of which 9 randomized controlled trials were included in the meta-analysis. The results of the review indicated that research in this context is still developing and lacks well-controlled empirical studies. Gamification in cognitive training is applied to a large range of age groups and audiences and is mostly delivered at a research site through computers. Rewards and feedback continue to dominate the gamification landscape, whereas social-oriented features (eg, competition) are underused. The meta-analyses showed that gamified training tasks were more motivating/engaging (Hedges g=0.72) and more demanding/difficult (Hedges g=–0.52) than non- or less-gamified tasks, whereas no effects on the training domain were found. Furthermore, no variables moderated the impact of gamified training tasks. However, meta-analytic findings were limited due to a small number of studies. Conclusions Overall, this review provides an overview of the existing research in the domain and provides evidence for the effectiveness of gamification in improving motivation/engagement in the context of cognitive training. We discuss the shortcomings in the current literature and provide recommendations for future research.
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Wiener, Lori, Denice Grady McConnell, Lauren Latella, and Erica Ludi. "Cultural and religious considerations in pediatric palliative care." Palliative and Supportive Care 11, no. 1 (May 22, 2012): 47–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1478951511001027.
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AbstractObjective:A growing multicultural society presents healthcare providers with a difficult task of providing appropriate care for individuals who have different life experiences, beliefs, value systems, religions, languages, and notions of healthcare. This is especially vital when end-of-life care is needed during childhood. There is a dearth of literature addressing cultural considerations in the pediatric palliative care field. As members of a specific culture often do not ascribe to the same religious traditions, the purpose of this article was to explore and review how culture and religion informs and shapes pediatric palliative care.Method:Comprehensive literature searches were completed through an online search of nine databases for articles published between 1980 and 2011: PsychINFO, MEDLINE®, Journal of Citation Reports-Science Edition, Embase, Scopus, CINAHL®, Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), EBSCO, and Ovid. Key terms included: culture, transcultural, spiritual, international, ethnic, customs or religion AND end-of-life, palliative care, death, dying, cancer, or hospice, and children, pediatrics, or pediatric oncology. Reference lists in the retrieved articles were examined for additional studies that fit the inclusion criteria, and relevant articles were included for review. In addition, web-based searches of specific journals were conducted. These included, but were not limited to: Qualitative Health Research, Psycho-Oncology, Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, Journal of Pediatric Psychology, Journal of Pediatric Health Care, Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, Omega, Social Work in Health Care, and Journal of Palliative Medicine.Results:Thirty-seven articles met eligibility criteria. From these, seven distinct themes emerged that have implications for pediatric palliative care. These include the role of culture in decision-making, faith and the involvement of clergy, communication (spoken and unspoken language), communicating to children about death (truth telling), the meaning of pain and suffering, the meaning of death and dying, and location of end-of-life care.Significance of results:The review of the literature provides insight into the influence of religion and how culture informs lifestyle and shapes the experiences of illness, pain, and end-of-life care. Recommendations for providing culturally sensitive end-of-life care are offered through the framework outlined in the Initiative for Pediatric Palliative Care Quality Improvement Project of 2002. Cultural traditions are dynamic, never static, and cannot be generalized to all families. Guidelines to aid in approaches to palliative care are provided, and providers are encouraged to define these important differences for each family under their care.
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SADCHENKO, O. V., L. M. ZALUBINSKA, and M. A. KIRILINA. "NEUROMARKETING IS A TOOL FOR INCREASING THE EFFICIENCY OF EXPERIENCE ECONOMY." Economic innovations 22, no. 4(77) (December 20, 2020): 139–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.31520/ei.2020.22.4(77).139-149.
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Topicality. The use of modern marketing technologies, namely neuromarketing tools, in the field of the economy of experience in the context of sustainable development is relevant. Currently, all the methods of marketing research used are inextricably linked with market research, they are based on the formulation of questions - polls, interviews and their effectiveness is high. But in order to fully use marketing tools, it is necessary to obtain information about the subjective feelings of consumers. The classical model of consumer decision-making assumes that consumers act in a certain logical and thoughtful way, but there are many problems with correctly identifying marketing moves using different emotions experienced under the influence of any stimulus. Neuromarketing allows us to understand human nature and use it in solving market problems of the economy. Self-knowledge allows us to break free, to move away from stereotypes and the typical, standard view of the world around us, which does not allow certain biological conditions formed by human nature. The most important element is to explain what neuromarketing is - the use of neurology (psychology) to understand and analyze human behavior in market conditions. Marketers have the ability to connect directly with their audience and this starts with the appearance of the marketing assets. This is because your audience's brain responds positively to aesthetically pleasing stimuli. This includes email, print ads, web pages, social media posts, digital ads and more. Impression marketing is a type of human activity that complements and increases the value of the market in a highly competitive and saturated market, where its principles are the only possible way to ensure profitability and plus additional profitability of production, growth and development of the enterprise. Market orientation determines the main directions of economic activity and evaluates its results by the amount of final income. Therefore, in the economy of experience, neuromarketing is one of the tools to improve the efficiency of the economy. Aim and tasks. The purpose of the article is to determine in modern conditions the effectiveness of innovative marketing economics of experience, taking into account the use of tools and immersive technologies in all types of economic activity, emphasizing the environmental component. Research results. There is a need to expand marketing research with much more reliable and useful knowledge that allows you to make more effective business decisions. In this situation, you should use neuromarketing, which is the relationship between medical knowledge, management technology and marketing. Neuromarketing - a set of methods for studying customer behavior, influence on it and emotional and behavioral responses to this influence, which uses developments in the fields of marketing, cognitive psychology and neurophysiology. Neuromarketing is a modern and quite effective method of promoting goods (services) on the market as a result of consumer manipulation. It involves the use of methods of neurology, which allow to determine the characteristics of consumer behavior in response to various marketing incentives. The purpose of neuromarketing research as one of the tools to increase the efficiency of the experience economy in terms of sustainable development is to obtain objective information about personal consumer preferences without resorting to subjective data obtained by traditional marketing tools. Conclusion. The neuromarketing approach is based on studies of the psychology of consumer behavior, on the basis of which it can be concluded that all cognitive activity, including thinking and human emotions are based on the subconscious. In this case, the main task of marketers is to develop effective approaches that will manipulate the human subconscious, and hence consumer behavior in the market. The use of neuromarketing tools in the economics of experience is effective in terms of increasing sales and better understanding of the consumer, his tastes, preferences, but from an economic point of view is not always justified due to the high cost of these methods. Therefore, not every company can afford to conduct neuromarketing research. Such approaches are used mainly by large successful companies that can afford it. Although in today's market competition, the use of neuromarketing methods can provide significant advantages over competing companies. Each company seeks to attract as many consumers as possible, increase their loyalty, keep them for a long time, thereby increasing their sales and, consequently, profits.
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Zaman, Maliha, Claire A. Simmers, and Murugan Anandarajan. "Using an Ethical Framework to Examine Linkages Between “Going Green” in Research Practices and Information and Communication Technologies." International Journal of Social and Organizational Dynamics in IT 1, no. 2 (April 2011): 26–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijsodit.2011040102.
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The link between “Going Green” in research practices and Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) is studied using general ethics and social psychology literature. This paper investigates and concludes that a researcher’s ethical judgment is the strongest factor influencing their intention to follow green research practices (GRP). Their ethical judgment is molded indirectly by the researcher’s attitude towards environmental awareness. Their intention towards GRP is influenced by existing research practices and experience in using a technology touted as a greening enabler, Web 2.0. The strength of the relationship suggests there is no pivotal turning point in the research practices to become green. This paper concludes that GRP represent a smaller, albeit important, paradigm shift affecting the conduct and dissemination of research with positive spillover effects for the environment.
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Тemchenko, L. "Urban media practices: European and Ukrainian experience." Communications and Communicative Technologies, no. 20 (February 20, 2020): 80–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.15421/292012.
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The article deals with the world theoretical and practical approaches to the development of urban journalism and examines the practical aspects of the functioning of this field in the media industry. The practical experience of Western colleagues in creation of urban content is identified, examples of successful implementation of local and hyperlocal journalistic projects aimed at producing a quality information product and solving important social problems of local communities are analyzed.The relevance of the topic can be explained by the need to reflect some of the recent changes that have taken place in Ukrainian cities under the influence of different political, historical, social and cultural aspects. The subject field of urban science combines research in the fields of sociology, demography, economics, geography, philosophy, psychology, history and cultural studies. Mass media play an important role in this process, which in the classical sense is the role of mediators between the authorities and the local people.In the process of study general scientific methods of comparison, synthesis, analysis and induction were used. With the help of comparison, it became possible to understand the difference between world urban journalism practice and Ukrainian one, as well as estimate the peculiarities of editorial approaches to development of new journalism formats, and their potential in the context of audience engagement. Synthesis method, which involves combination of the main theses on the basis of common thematic orientation helped to outline the main themes and problems presented in the articles of Ukrainian and British web-sites. With the help of analysis method, the main features and concepts of the editorial policy of the urban projects were investigated and the problematic field of the publications was outlined. The method of induction was used to analyze subjective statements of the blog authors, their single experience that was extended to the general practice of perceiving the image of certain cities by the reader. We also used a descriptive method to depict how Ukrainian cities are presented in the materials of the Ukrainian Week website and the method of content monitoring with the aim to develop the array of journalism articles and find out additional information about the authors.Ukrainian urban resources, as well as European ones, predominantly operate online, due to economic and technological factors. It is noted that modern communication technologies enrich the perception of the urban discourse. City websites serve to “minimize” the official agenda and become “city researchers” and “guides” in various areas of urban life. The thematic spectrum of the “Cities” (The Guardian), “We Love Brussels,” “Skyscraper,” “The Village Ukraine” websites is presented in the work, the strategies of content creation are analyzed. Attention is drawn to the thematic variability of the websites, which reflects the diversity of urban life. The media development of the city was studied on the example of the "Ukrainian Week" magazine. The Private Urban Studies blog mainly contains amateur materials that present the authors’ reflections on life in metropolitan and peripheral cities. Such journalistic projects contribute to the creation of urban discourse and the formation of urban identity.
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Jordan, Joanne L. "Additional Search Strategies May Not Be Necessary for a Rapid Systematic Review." Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 10, no. 2 (June 14, 2015): 150. http://dx.doi.org/10.18438/b8fc77.
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Objective – To evaluate the efficiency and contribution of additional searching strategies for finding randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in a systematic review.
Design – A methodological case study.
Setting – Biomedical literature.
Methods – A sensitive search (defined as “the ratio of the number of relevant reports identified to the total number of relevant reports in existence”) was conducted of electronic databases, Cochrane CENTRAL database, MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycInfo, CINAHL, BIOSIS, and Web of Science databases (Science and Social Science Citation Indexes). The following additional searching strategies were conducted: hand-searching contents of relevant journals (Archives of General Psychiatry, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, and Journal of Affective Disorders), citation tracking (forwards tracking using Social Science and Science Citation Index and backwards tracking by looking through reference lists of included studies), screening reference lists of relevant systematic reviews, searching clinical trials registers (ClinicalTrials.gov and ICTRP registers), and contacting first authors of included studies to find any similar unpublished studies.
The number of articles identified by each of these methods was recorded and screened for inclusion in the systematic review. The authors calculated what they labelled as the ‘efficiency’ of each searching strategy (the number of included studies identified by the search method as a proportion of the full text articles screened) and the ‘contribution’ of the search strategies (the ratio of included studies identified by that method to the final number of included studies in the systematic review). The methodological quality of each included study was assessed using the Cochrane Risk of Bias Tool, which is a critical appraisal checklist used to judge the study’s value in the systematic review. The meta-analysis in the systematic review was conducted with and without the studies identified by the additional searching strategies to assess their impact on the review’s findings.
Main Results – In total 50 studies were identified, 42 from electronic database searches and 8 from additional search strategies. As illustrated by the results in Table 1, the most useful additional search strategy was screening reference lists of relevant systematic reviews. Journal hand-searching and contacting authors also contributed to the review.
Of the eight studies identified by the additional search strategies none were judged to have a low risk of bias (four had high risk of bias and four were unclear). Of the 42 included
studies from electronic searches only 11 were judged to have a low risk of bias, whereas 9 studies had a high risk of bias and 22 were unclear.
Excluding the eight studies retrieved from additional search strategies in the systematic review meta-analysis did not influence the results on the effectiveness of the different interventions for chronic depression. These studies were found to be indexed correctly on the electronic databases, but were not identified in the initial search.
Conclusion – Additional search strategies, especially screening reference lists of systematic reviews and hand-searching relevant journals, retrieved a substantial number of relevant studies for a systematic review of interventions for treating chronic depression. However, results of the review’s meta-analysis did not differ when these additional studies (rated as either high or unclear risk of bias) were not included and search methods were time consuming. It might be reasonable to rely on electronic searching strategies when resources for conducting a systematic review are limited or when doing a “rapid review.” The benefits and limitations of additional search strategies should be considered particularly when resources or time for conducting a systematic review are limited.
If the electronic database search is sensitive and includes the Cochrane CENTRAL database additional search strategies may not be necessary, but these findings should be tested in other research areas.
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Tambling, Rachel B., Lee N. Johnson, G. Bowden Templeton, and Michele Santilli Melton. "Using Web-Based Technology to Facilitate Client Engagement." Contemporary Family Therapy 29, no. 3 (June 12, 2007): 177–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10591-007-9037-z.
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Cook, Ian. "Western Heterosexual Masculinity, Anxiety, and Web Porn." Journal of Men's Studies 14, no. 1 (October 1, 2005): 47–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.3149/jms.1401.47.
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Itz, Caspar A. "GLBT Campuslife on the Web." Journal of Homosexuality 40, no. 1 (December 7, 2000): 189–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j082v40n01_08.
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Itz, Caspar A. "GLBT Campuslife on the Web." Journal of Homosexuality 41, no. 1 (June 27, 2001): 173–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j082v41n01_07.
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Georgia, Emily J., and Brian D. Doss. "Web-Based Couple Interventions: Do They Have a Future?" Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy 12, no. 2 (April 2013): 168–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15332691.2013.779101.
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Karakus, Mehmet, Muhammet Usak, and Alpay Ersozlu. "Emotions in Learning, Teaching, and Leadership: A Bibliometric Review of Asian Literature (1990–2018)." SAGE Open 11, no. 1 (January 2021): 215824402098886. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2158244020988865.
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This study aims to map the Asian literature on emotions in learning, teaching, and leadership through a review of published research in Web of Science Core Collection. In all, 862 articles published between 1990 and 2018 were retrieved and analyzed. Bibliographic coupling of the countries, bibliographic coupling of the authors, co-occurrences of author keywords, bibliographic coupling of the journals, and bibliographic coupling of the institutions were extracted through bibliographic visualization methods. All the h-classics publications were also reviewed and categorized according to their topics. People’s Republic of China (Hong Kong), Israel, Turkey, and Cyprus are the countries with most relevant evidence. The top authors are found to be D.W Chan and M. Zembylas, while emotional intelligence, empathy, burnout, emotion, and self-efficacy have been the most frequently studied concepts. Teaching and Teacher Education and Journal of Educational Psychology are the journals with prominent pertinent influence. Education University of Hong Kong, Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev are the institutions with the most notable influence. The current situation and research trends are discussed in the article.
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Loureiro, Sonia Regina, and Ana Paula Casagrande Silva. "Analysis of Studies on Social Support and Children of Depressed Mothers: A Systematic Review." Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto) 24, no. 59 (December 2014): 397–405. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1413-294x2013000200010.
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Recognizing the conditions that minimize the impact of maternal depression on children has clinical relevance. The present review aimed to analyze recent empirical studies that have investigated the associations between maternal depression and different social support conditions for school-aged children. We systematically reviewed empirical articles indexed from 2007 to 2014 in the following databases: MEDLINE, PubMed, PsycINFO, Web of Science, LILACS and SciELO. Three keywords were used: maternal depression, social support and child behavior. Twenty-seven articles were included and analyzed. These studies included a broad range of contextual risk factors and social support conditions, and in their predictive models, it was found that less contextual risk and greater parental resources and social support were predictors of fewer problems for the children. The identification of social support sources that attenuate the effect of maternal depression on child outcomes has implications for the development of prevention and intervention programs.
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Miralles, Ignacio, Carlos Granell, Laura Díaz-Sanahuja, William Van Woensel, Juana Bretón-López, Adriana Mira, Diana Castilla, and Sven Casteleyn. "Smartphone Apps for the Treatment of Mental Disorders: Systematic Review." JMIR mHealth and uHealth 8, no. 4 (April 2, 2020): e14897. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/14897.
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Background Smartphone apps are an increasingly popular means for delivering psychological interventions to patients suffering from a mental disorder. In line with this popularity, there is a need to analyze and summarize the state of the art, both from a psychological and technical perspective. Objective This study aimed to systematically review the literature on the use of smartphones for psychological interventions. Our systematic review has the following objectives: (1) analyze the coverage of mental disorders in research articles per year; (2) study the types of assessment in research articles per mental disorder per year; (3) map the use of advanced technical features, such as sensors, and novel software features, such as personalization and social media, per mental disorder; (4) provide an overview of smartphone apps per mental disorder; and (5) provide an overview of the key characteristics of empirical assessments with rigorous designs (ie, randomized controlled trials [RCTs]). Methods The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines for systematic reviews were followed. We performed searches in Scopus, Web of Science, American Psychological Association PsycNET, and Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online, covering a period of 6 years (2013-2018). We included papers that described the use of smartphone apps to deliver psychological interventions for known mental disorders. We formed multidisciplinary teams, comprising experts in psychology and computer science, to select and classify articles based on psychological and technical features. Results We found 158 articles that met the inclusion criteria. We observed an increasing interest in smartphone-based interventions over time. Most research targeted disorders with high prevalence, that is, depressive (31/158,19.6%) and anxiety disorders (18/158, 11.4%). Of the total, 72.7% (115/158) of the papers focused on six mental disorders: depression, anxiety, trauma and stressor-related, substance-related and addiction, schizophrenia spectrum, and other psychotic disorders, or a combination of disorders. More than half of known mental disorders were not or very scarcely (<3%) represented. An increasing number of studies were dedicated to assessing clinical effects, but RCTs were still a minority (25/158, 15.8%). From a technical viewpoint, interventions were leveraging the improved modalities (screen and sound) and interactivity of smartphones but only sparingly leveraged their truly novel capabilities, such as sensors, alternative delivery paradigms, and analytical methods. Conclusions There is a need for designing interventions for the full breadth of mental disorders, rather than primarily focusing on most prevalent disorders. We further contend that an increasingly systematic focus, that is, involving RCTs, is needed to improve the robustness and trustworthiness of assessments. Regarding technical aspects, we argue that further exploration and innovative use of the novel capabilities of smartphones are needed to fully realize their potential for the treatment of mental health disorders.
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Village, Andrew. "Outgroup prejudice, personality, and religiosity: Disentangling a complex web of relationships among adolescents in the UK." Psychology of Religion and Spirituality 3, no. 4 (November 2011): 269–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0022966.
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McKenna, Julie. "Danish Post-Secondary Students Use Public Libraries for Study Purposes." Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 2, no. 3 (September 5, 2007): 108. http://dx.doi.org/10.18438/b8m884.
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Objective – To determine whether and how Danish university and higher education students use public libraries for study purposes.
Design – Online survey.
Setting – Post-secondary students in Denmark.
Subjects – 1,575 students in university-level programs or other higher education programs (vocational three-to-four-year programs) in Denmark.
Methods – A sample of students was drawn from the national database of students by selecting every student born on the 15th of every month (approximately 4,900 students). A letter describing the study and with an invitation to fill out an online questionnaire was sent to all students in the sample. There were 1,694 valid responses (approximately 35% response rate). Students following short vocational programs were deemed to be under-represented and these subjects were omitted from the analysis of this report, which reflects the response of 1,575 students.
The online questionnaire gathered demographic details (gender, age, educational institution, study topic, study year, geographical location, access to the Internet, etc.) and used 110 questions or statements to gather information about student information-seeking behaviour related to study purposes. These included use of the physical library and satisfaction with services, use of search engines, awareness and use of library Web-based services, study behaviour, and participation in information literacy activities.
Main results – For the purposes of this study, “academic library is used as a generic term covering university libraries, research libraries, educational libraries and all other kind of libraries outside the field of public libraries” (p. 278).
The survey results confirmed many of the previous international reports of student information-seeking behaviour: 85% of students use the academic library for study purposes; fewer than 10% of all students are able to cope without any library use; students in technology and engineering, the sciences and arts, architecture and music have a higher rate of non-use of their academic libraries; a large percentage of students access the electronic resources from home; the physical library is still considered important to students; Google is used extensively and is nearly the exclusive choice for search engine.
The public library is used for study purposes by about 58 percent of all students with the highest use (76%) by students in higher education institutions (HEI); students of education, social topics and psychology are very frequent public library users. Female students in HEI were the most frequent users of the public library independent of study subject or year, or any other demographic variable. Seven per cent of students rely exclusively on the public library for study purposes and first-year HEI students in the subject areas of education, social topics and psychology are over-represented in this group (which additionally has less Internet access from home than the other students).
Students perceive nearly all aspects of service in the academic library as superior; HEI students rate ambience, electronic resources and speed of inter-library loan provision in the public library as higher than the academic.
University students give a low rating to the collections of public library, although the students use the public library principally to supplement the collections available in their academic libraries. Another high use of public libraries by HEI students is for inter-library loans placed through the national resource sharing system. Public library reference services are used often by only one per cent of students and only two per cent use the public library on a regular basis for “study related group activities.”
Conclusion – Students use physical libraries to a great extent to support their studies and students have embraced digital access to collections, especially access from home. Google is the most heavily used search engine and is used by nearly all students; use of Google complements and supplements library use.
Nearly 60% of all students use public libraries for study purposes and to supplement the collections of their academic library, but they find that the public library collections are insufficient to meet their needs. The inter-library loan policies of public libraries are more lenient and accommodating to student needs and may drive the high use of public libraries. Students form a large constituency of the public library user population and they generally rate most aspects of service as substandard to those of academic libraries. There is a call for review of the public library’s role in meeting the information needs of students, and in particular, those of HEI programs who are most dependent on the public library.
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Duncan, Stephen F., April Steed, and Carma Martino Needham. "A Comparison Evaluation Study of Web-Based and Traditional Marriage and Relationship Education." Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy 8, no. 2 (May 29, 2009): 162–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15332690902813836.
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Papson, Stephen, Robert Goldman, and Noah Kersey. "Web Site Design." American Behavioral Scientist 47, no. 12 (August 2004): 1617–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0002764204266241.
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King, Kylie, Marisa Schlichthorst, Louise Keogh, Lennart Reifels, Matthew J. Spittal, Andrea Phelps, and Jane Pirkis. "Can Watching a Television Documentary Change the Way Men View Masculinity?" Journal of Men’s Studies 27, no. 3 (December 6, 2018): 287–306. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1060826518815909.
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Men’s conformity to masculine norms, such as stoicism and self-reliance, has been shown to be associated with a range of negative psychological outcomes. We developed Man Up—a three-part documentary that examined the link between masculinity, mental health, and suicide for men in Australia. We conducted a multifaceted evaluation that included a randomized controlled trial (RCT) and a web survey. RCT participants and web survey respondents were asked how their views of the term “man up” had changed since watching the documentary. This article provides feedback from the 306 men who responded to this question. Participants commented on how the documentary prompted them to rethink stereotypes of masculinity. The findings suggest that the documentary had a positive impact on men.
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Xu, Yin, and Yong Zheng. "Birth Order and Sibling Sex Ratio in Relation to Sexual Orientation in China." Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal 42, no. 6 (July 16, 2014): 995–1001. http://dx.doi.org/10.2224/sbp.2014.42.6.995.
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We examined birth order and sibling sex ratio in relation to sexual orientation within a Chinese cultural context. A total of 672 people comprising 160 heterosexual men, 215 homosexual men, 255 heterosexual women, and 42 homosexual women, took part in a web-based survey. Our results showed that as a whole homosexual and heterosexual men had a significantly late position in the birth order of the children in their families, but that the same phenomenon did not apply for homosexual women. In contrast to studies involving Western populations, in this study heterosexual and homosexual men had a significant excess of older sisters, but not older brothers when compared with the norm in a Chinese population. We concluded that the male-preference stopping rule adopted by Chinese parents affected birth order and sibling sex ratio in relation to sexual orientation.
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Rebok, George W., Marian Tzuang, and Jeanine M. Parisi. "Comparing Web-Based and Classroom-Based Memory Training for Older Adults: The ACTIVE Memory Works™ Study." Journals of Gerontology: Series B 75, no. 6 (August 20, 2019): 1132–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbz107.
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Abstract Objectives To compare the efficacy of a web-based versus a classroom-based memory training program in enhancing cognition and everyday functioning in older adults, and program satisfaction and acceptability. Method Participants (N = 208; mean age = 71.1) were randomly assigned to a web-based or classroom-based training, or to a wait-list control condition. Cognitive and everyday functioning measures were administered at baseline, immediate, and 6 months post-training; both training groups evaluated program satisfaction and acceptability at immediate post-training. Repeated-measures analyses of variance assessed training effects on cognitive and functioning outcomes; independent-samples t tests assessed group differences in program satisfaction and acceptability. Results Compared to controls, neither training group showed a significant improvement on measures of memory or everyday functioning as assessed by dependence or difficulty on instrumental activities of daily living over time. Training effects did not transfer to non-trained cognitive abilities. The web-based group was as satisfied with the training as the classroom-based group (p > .05). Discussion Although no significant training effects were found, we demonstrated that a web-based platform is an acceptable and feasible mode to provide memory training to healthy older adults. Further studies are needed to investigate the potential of web-based memory training programs for improving cognition and function in cognitively healthy older adults.
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WATSON, SEAN. "Chaos of the Body: A Commentary on Fritjof Capra's The Web of Life." Body & Society 4, no. 3 (September 1998): 103–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1357034x98004003006.
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Tanner-Kennedy, Dana. "Gertrude Stein and the Metaphysical Avant-Garde." Religions 11, no. 4 (March 25, 2020): 152. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel11040152.
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When American metaphysical religion appears onstage, it most often manifests in the subject matter and dramaturgies of experimental theater. In the artistic ferment of the 1960s and 1970s counterculture, theater-makers looked both to alternative dramaturgies and alternative religions to create radical works of political, social, and spiritual transformation. While the ritual experiments of European avant-garde artists like Artaud and Grotowski informed their work, American theater-makers also found inspiration in the dramas of Gertrude Stein, and many of these companies (the Living Theatre and the Wooster Group, most notably) either staged her work or claimed a direct influence (like Richard Foreman). Stein herself, though not a practitioner of metaphysical religion, spent formative years in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at Radcliffe under the tutelage of William James. Cambridge, at the turn of the twentieth century, was a hotbed of spiritualism, theosophy, alternative healing modalities, and James, in addition to running the psychology lab in which Stein studied, ran a multitude of investigations on extrasensory and paranormal phenomena. This article traces a web of associations connecting Ralph Waldo Emerson, Transcendentalism, and liberal Protestantism to Gertrude Stein and landscape dramaturgy to the midcentury avant-garde, the countercultural religious seeking of the 1960s and 1970s, and the Off-Off-Broadway movement.